Thycotic, provider of
privileged account management solutions for more than 3,500
organizations world-wide, today announced that Privileged Accounts
Discovery for Windows is now being offered for free. Designed with
security pros, IT management and C-level executives in mind,
the tool provides one collection point for all Windows privileged
accounts, generates detailed reports, indicates the status of privileged
passwords, and identifies potential security risks they may represent.
The free solution is available at
https://thycotic.com/solutions/free-windows-privileged-account-discovery-tool/.
Privileged
accounts are often overlooked by security and IT teams. Administrators
manage user accounts with Active Directory policies, but rarely change
or review local Windows and service accounts. Thycotic's Privileged
Accounts Discovery
for Windows summarizes the health and risk of these accounts by
analyzing passwords to determine if they have been changed and whether
or not they have been set to never expire. The solution identifies those
passwords that may be targets for external and internal
threats and helps identify what the actual risk is.
"We
believe there is nothing currently available on the market that is
comparable to this solution, even among commercial products," said
Nathan Wenzler, Executive Director of Security at Thycotic. "In order to
assist organizations with
taking that critical first step to protecting privileged accounts, we
are providing this free solution so they can easily discover what's out
there without risk of locking out accounts or changing their IT
environments."
Privileged
Accounts Discovery for Windows is simple and secure; simply download
and step through the intuitive interface. This free solution scans
organizations Windows systems without using agents and with limited
impact on network bandwidth.
All the solution requires to run is an Active Directory domain
credential to scan the network. The remote scan runs quickly and doesn't
need complex configuration. Once completed, a full list of local
Windows and privileged accounts and management-ready summary
reports is provided.
Privileged
Account Discovery for Windows will save organizations hours of effort
while making their organization much more secure from hackers targeting
privileged account credentials. Key features include:
- Simplicity -
Just run once per Active Directory domain, and the Privileged Accounts
Discovery tool does the rest. It generates executive-ready reports and a
spreadsheet inventory of the accounts it
found. The tool can be copied and run wherever needed, at no charge.
- Privacy
- No privileged passwords are ever reverse engineered or discovered by
the tool. The executive summary report aggregates data, and only account
names are shown in the inventory. No sensitive
information is stored in the tool and no exposure of end user domain
usernames is displayed.
- Valuable data
- Data is ready to be used immediately. Reports are produced for the
executive team and detailed lists are created for security and IT admins
indicating where privileged accounts are
used.
- Actionable reports
- At the click of the mouse, management reports are generated into
presentation-ready materials for use in risk analysis, security
assessment, and cost justifications. Easy-to-
understand summary reports are available, along with inventory reports
to find and remediate critical privileged accounts.
- Security --
Thycotic Privileged Accounts Discovery for Windows locates passwords
that have never been changed or that violate your company's security or
compliance policies. Find vulnerable passwords
and backdoor accounts before attackers do.
More information on Thycotic's free Privileged Accounts Discovery for Windows can be found at:
https://thycotic.com/solutions/free-windows-privileged-account-discovery-tool/. To learn more about Thycotic and their PAM solutions, please visit the company's
website